Considering it is fairly well in line with your usual rhetoric, yes. Yes I did.  But what you imply is right: I shouldn’t take the things you write seriously. 

I’m aware of the social contract. That is not what I see as the prison. It was Bradley’s vision of a “Utopia” where he envisions forcing people to live in dense city centers, therefore dictating how they travel, what they own, what they can do, how they interact, how they work, how they play, etc. People who truly…

I cannot believe that was real. How did this ever get out of the concept meeting?  

Yeah, he admitted recently that he has a small house in suburban Arizona or something to that effect. 

ships.  Loose lips sink ships. 

I hate taxes as much as the next guy, but I’m not oblivious to their necessity. We need well maintained roads. The money from them has to come from somewhere. Right now it’s largely on fuel tax. When you take away fuel tax you take away road maintenance funding. Someone has to pay that. It sucks, but it’s an…

I would have doubled your negative variance for rust, but otherwise a good evaluation.

The rust really kills it for me. Otherwise, agree completely. 

Yeah, a turbo 2.3 with the T50d would be a good setup. 

Man, I’m torn on this. I really like the car.  It’s nothing special, but it is.  I love the rare but simple and utilitarian cars.  With that being said, $5500 seems a little steep. If it didn’t have the rust we could probably strike a deal. If I was a body man we could probably strike a deal. As it sits I voted a…

That’s pretty cool that they were able to work out a mutually-beneficial agreement. Many landlords wouldn’t be so accommodating. Your son sounds like a smart, resourceful, and reasonable person. Good job, Dad.

Preach!  I’ve trained my son well. He is very cognizant of respecting other peoples’ property. My wife is hopeless and I don’t even try anymore.  

It’s a standard BMW Z1

You’re such a girl.  Do you dress your car up as a reindeer in December?

Yes, that is definitely one of the challenges of on-road charging. I was thinking macro-view, but this is a consideration. I don’t claim to have all the answers, but I can start a discussion:

This seems to be the logical approach. Admittedly there are fuel stations everywhere. Since EV is still niche, if every fuel station removed one pump and put in a charging station that is capable of charging on either side, they can accomplish this. Then as EV slowly starts becoming mainstream, scale up. Take out a…

You have  a point that it takes longer to fill up electricity than petrol, but since more people will fill up at home, there should be less demand on the stations. 

It’s more than a cheap shot. Let’s call a spade a spade. Bradley’s an entitled self-righteous prick who feels best when he’s forcing his ideals on others. 

Excellent point.  There will always be more solutions than there will be problems. 

This is a good idea. I read part of the plan would be to put them in impoverished areas. This is a bad take, and I may take flak for this, but it is what it is. People that live in impoverished areas don’t drive EVs. The reason that they don’t isn’t because they don’t have charging infrastructure. It’s because they…